Grill Meats Beer
Where? Grill Meats Beer (Wellington CBD, Wellington, New Zealand) Map Menu
When? Saturday December 22, 2018
Who? Me
Food Style? Meat
Eating at GMB always puts a smile on my face. They’re my go to for most things meat - for everything else meat, there’s El Matador just down the road. I actually wanted to try Lucky Burger tonight, I had heard so many good things from several different people, but unfortunately they were closed due to a power outage. No problem, I jumped at the chance to try a little bit of Burger Wellington, which I have missed dearly, by getting GMB’s finalist entry, the Piggy McPigface.
Burger
Piggy McPigface: Beef, candied bacon, bacon marmalade, bacon aioli, pork crackling, feta whip and rocket
Wow. Just wow. Full of flavour, juicy, smokey, salty, creamy, balanced with that little bit of rocket and radish. The pork crackling makes me grin with delight, and I express my heartfelt appreciation of this masterpiece to the waitress. The yogurt is a smart addition, helping to bind all the strong bacon and pork flavours. It’s messy to eat but I do not care how uncouth I look because this is simply delicious.
Posted by Jeremy at 4:22am on Wednesday December 25, 2019 :: 0 comments :: 
WOAP2015: Grill Meats Beer
Where? Grill Meats Beer (Wellington CBD, Wellington, New Zealand) Map Menu
When? Sunday August 16, 2015
Who? Damon, Jordan, Tim, Mana, Reagan
Food Style? Meat. Lots of it.
The name of the restaurant spells it out; this place is known for their meat and beers, serving up ribs, steaks, burgers, grilled things, fried things - it's a carnivore's haven. I've been here several times before and had a great time ripping apart their pork ribs with my bare hands and licking my fingers gleefully. One time I came here, their special was a massive pork hock that was absolutely magnificent - crackling had perfect texture, the meat was falling off the bone. When they announced their Wellington on a Plate burger, I was super keen to give it a try.
Burger: Chook n Swine, Fire n Spice
Char-grilled spice rubbed chicken thigh with bacon aioli, Preston's streaky bacon, gherkins and preserved lemon relish in a Pandoro Turkish roll with chilli fries
The chicken was cooked perfectly, juicy and succulent with that wonderful charred flavour, and nicely spiced that you could feel it tingling your tastebuds but not unpleasantly so. The winner of the burger was the bacon - it was simply sensational. A solid, well-rounded burger that ticked all the boxes - spot on for flavour, texture and presentation; perhaps they could have used more exotic ingredients (like crayfish aioli?!) but thoroughly enjoyable nevertheless.
A well deserved nine out of ten.
Posted by Jeremy at 11:57am on Monday August 17, 2015 :: 0 comments ::